What does eta mean?
Eta means The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek..
Eta
/ˈiːtə/ · noun
Meaning
The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek..
Definitions by Sense
- The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
- (particle physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.
- A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.
- Alternative form of ita (“kind of palm tree”).
Example Sentences
Greek was an exercise in making the familiar strange. Its alphabet mapped onto the Roman alphabet, but only partly so, and often letters did not sound how they looked — a rho (Ρ) was not a P, and an eta (Η) was not an H.
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Word Forms
- etas
- eta
Usage Notes
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How do you use eta in a sentence?
Greek was an exercise in making the familiar strange. Its alphabet mapped onto the Roman alphabet, but only partly so, and often letters did not sound how they looked — a rho (Ρ) was not a P, and an eta (Η) was not an H.
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